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as in consensuses
the state of being of one opinion about something
we were in agreement about one thing at least: that we'd never worked so hard in all our lives
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as in pacts
an arrangement about action to be taken
we finally reached an agreement regarding a fair division of the housework
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Recent Examples of agreements
Separately, HiCloud also signed operational agreements with partners, including Shenergy Group, Shanghai Telecom, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering, and others.
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
This bill would authorize the state to enter into agreements with individual bargaining units to roll out the holiday.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Car washes are often triple net lease, or NNN, properties – agreements where the tenants pay the taxes, building insurance and maintenance and repair costs.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 19 May 2026
What portion of agreements are expired or auto-renewing?
—David Pennino, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That could include agreements with the Major League Baseball team committing to help the city address homelessness.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
So, how locked in are these agreements?
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
Its pitch to college partners centers on three different potential avenues for generating revenue—the sale of DBGI stock issued under deals, millions in influencer marketing campaigns spent on individual college athletes and a cut of apparel sales via each school’s standard licensing agreements.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The robbery trial comes after delays stalled the case for years and Young repeatedly reversed course on plea agreements offered by prosecutors, including one that would have reduced his robbery charges to a minor felony with little prison time.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026
This bill would authorize the state to enter into agreements with individual bargaining units to roll out the holiday.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026
Car washes are often triple net lease, or NNN, properties – agreements where the tenants pay the taxes, building insurance and maintenance and repair costs.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 19 May 2026
What portion of agreements are expired or auto-renewing?
—David Pennino, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
That could include agreements with the Major League Baseball team committing to help the city address homelessness.
—Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 18 May 2026
So, how locked in are these agreements?
—CBS News, 17 May 2026
Its pitch to college partners centers on three different potential avenues for generating revenue—the sale of DBGI stock issued under deals, millions in influencer marketing campaigns spent on individual college athletes and a cut of apparel sales via each school’s standard licensing agreements.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026
The robbery trial comes after delays stalled the case for years and Young repeatedly reversed course on plea agreements offered by prosecutors, including one that would have reduced his robbery charges to a minor felony with little prison time.
—Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agreements
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With cultural consensuses in disrepair and taste informed by an ever evolving spate of social media and streaming platforms, mainstream music trends were almost reliably fractious.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
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Pickett and Grier are signed to one-year pacts.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the deals are done project by project, rather than via the older model of pacts that paid out millions in development funds and compensation over three or four years.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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The singers’ buchi drone formed the core of the music’s harmonic language, which relied mostly on unisons, major seconds, and minor thirds.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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The film charts how Suzuki redefined postwar Japanese cinema by defying the conventions of the studio system, forging a style built on garish pop-art imagery and aggressive formal experimentation.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Convention and government facilities The city is proposing another $100 million bond to finance capital improvement projects for city conventions facilities and other government buildings.—
Dylan Lysen
May 19,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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Surrogacy contracts that treat preborn lives as transferable goods should be outlawed.—
Kimberly Bird,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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Heyman put the onus on Rhodes – the face of the blue brand – to make Gunther sign the contracts.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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The design required the production team to bring a broad range of understandings, everything from electromagnetism, solenoid latches, lever arm weight multiplication, spring hinges, DMX triggers, foam fabrication, and sculpture.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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For example, Connelly of Columbia University mentioned new understandings of the danger surrounding the Cuban missile crisis in 1962.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Agreements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agreements. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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